Shade holder



L. W. ANDERSEN.

SHADE HOLDER 0R SUPPORT.

APPLICAHON FlLED MAY II, :911.

Patented June 10, 1919.

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L. W. ANDERSEN.

SHADE HOLDER 0R SUPPORT.

APPLICATION FILED' MAY :1. Hill.

1 ,305,985. Patented June 10, 1919.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LAUBITZ W. ANDEBSEN, 0F WATERBUBY, CONNECTICUT.

SHADE HOLDER OR SUPPORT.

Application filed May 11, 1917.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, Leunrra W. ANDER- snn, a citizen'of the United States, residing at Waterbury, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Shade Holders or Supports, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention is a novel construction of shade holder, the object being to provide an exceedingly simple form of holder which will support the shade or glassware from the interior, and which will completely eliminate the use of screws and threaded appliances heretofore employed in connection with shade rollers.

Another object of the invention is to provide the shade holder which can be used in connection with any type of socket, and various forms of socket covers, and which will be thoroughly safe when Once adjusted in position.

B roadlyspeaking, the invention consists of a supporting flange adapted to rest at its inner edge upon the ferrule of the ordi-- nary incandescent lamp and support a shade upon the outer edge thereof, the shade holder being properly positioned for its functions by the attachment of the incandescent lamp to its socket.

The invention consists also in certain details of construction hereinafter fully described and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification Figure 1 is a sectional perspectlve illustrating the practical application of my invention;

Fig. 2 is a similar view showin a slightly different construction of socket s ell cover;

Figs. 3 and 4 are similar views showing enveloping rings instead of socket shell covers for enveloping the upper edge of the glassware or shade;

Fig. 5 is a sectional view showing the manner of arranging and securing my improved construction of shade holder;

Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view of the shade holder removed; and

Fig. 7 is a slight modification of the same.

The incandescent lamp A and socket B are of the usual or any approved construc tion, and the incandescent lamp is made with the usual threaded ferrule C which screws into the end of the socket B.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 10, 1919.

Serial No. 167,920.

My improved shade support consists of a centrally apertured plate, or annular flange D, the central opening of which is of such size as to pass freely over the threaded portion of the lamp ferrule but rest at its inner edge upon the shoulder at the end of said ferrule as shown and this inner edge of the flange is cut away or notched as shown at D in order to accommodate the small drop of solder A that is present in incandescent lamps at this point. If desired, two, three, or four notches D may be made in order to provide for greater flexibility at the center of the flange or plate. The shade supporting flange D is provided with an annular head or shoulder D intermediate its inner and outer edges, and the outer portion of the flange, or that portion beyond the annular head or shoulder, is split or slit radially as shown at D in order to provide a scalloped outer edge, and the shade or glassware E is adapted to rest upon this scalloped edge as most clearly shown; it being understood that the shade supporting flange D is first placed over the ferrule of the lamp within said shade, and as said lamp is secured into the socket the shade supporting flange will be firmly secured between the shoulder of the ferrule and the end of the socket. At the same time the outer edge of this shade supporting flange will. be brought into supporting contact with the interior of the shade or glassware, and hold said shade properly positioned about the incandescent lamp.

Any suitable construction of socket shell cover ma be employed, such as the complete shell illustrated in Fig. 1, or the partial cover G illustrated in Fig. 3, in which the upper edge of said cover contacts with the upper head of the socket shell while the lower ed e of the cover envelops the upper end of t e shade or glassware.

Instead of a socket shell cover such as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 8, a ring H may be employed as shown in Fig. 2, the upper edge of said ring being curved over and inward as shown at H in order to engage the lower bead of the socket and hold the ring in enveloping engagement with the upper end of the shade or glassware.

In Fig. 4 the ring H is of a plain type and merely engages the bead at the lower end of the socket and envelope and rotects the upper end of the shade or g assware.

My improved construction of shade support is preferably employed in connection with socket shell covers or rings but it is obvious that it could be employed without such devices, and in Fig. 5 I have shown my improved construction of shade support arranged in connection with the ordinary lamp. socket and shade, the socket shell cover or ring being omitted.

If desired the scallops can be alternately upset in order to accommodate varying sizes or shapes of glassware and this staggering of the scalloped edges also materially facilitabes ventilation.

A shade support constructed as herein shown and described completely eliminates the use of screws in connection with socket shell covers, or spiders connected to said socket shells; and also eliminates the use of interior shade supports requiring specially constructed cooperating socket shell covers.

It is obvious that various changes in shape and configuration can be made without dc parting from the broad principle of my invention as defined by the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim is:

1. As a new article of manufacture a metallic shade support adapted to be arranged upon the interior of a shade, said support being circular in form and having a central opening, said opening being of a size and shape to engage the shoulder of the ferrule of an incandescent lamp.

2. As a new article of manufacture a metallic shade support adapted to support a shade from the interior, said support consisting of an annular ring, the inner edge of which is of a size and shape to engage the shoulder of an ordinary incandescent lamp ferrule, the outer edge of said ring being in a plane lower than the inner edge.

3. As a new article of manufacture a lamp shade support comprising an annular member the inner portion thereof being adapted to fit upon the shoulder of a lamp forrule, the outer laterally projecting portion being adapted to engage a lamp shade, said outer laterally projecting portion being resilient.

4. The combination with a socket and lamp having a shouldered ferrule, of a shade support comprising an inner portion adapted to engage the shoulder upon the lamp ferrule, the outer laterally projecting porlieu thereof being adapted to engage the interior of a lamp shade and an annular member adapted to envelop the uJper end of said shade, the inner portion 0 said enveloping member being adapted to engage a bead of the lamp socket.

5. The combination with a socket, lamp having a shouldered ferrule and shade, of an annular cover adapted to surround said socket and envelop the upper end of said shade and an annular member interposed between the lamp and socket, the interior portion of said annular member resting upon the shoulder of the lamp ferrule, the outer portion of said annular member extending laterally outward and engaging the lamp shade upon the interior, said annular member being clamped between the shouldered end of the lamp ferrule and the end of socket.

6. As a new article of manufacture a metallic shade holder circular in form and having a central circular opening, said circular opening having a notch, said holder being adapted to be arranged upon the interior of a shade, the outer edge of said holder contacting with and supporting said shade, the inner edge of said holder contacting with the shouldered ferrule of an incandescent lamp.

In testimony whereof, I hereunto afiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

LAURITZ W. ANDERSEN.

Witnesses:

CHAS. E. Wm'rH, RALPH B. DURELL.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0. 

